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Title 'Hang on to these words' : Johnny David's Delgamuukw evidence / edited by Antonia Mills
Published Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 486 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical tables, maps, portrait
Series Heritage
Contents ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Foreword""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""The Commission Evidence of Witsuwit�en Chief Maxlaxlex""; ""VOLUME 1: Direct Examination of Johnny David""; ""VOLUME 2: Direct Examination of Johnny David""; ""VOLUME 3: Direct Examination of Johnny David""; ""VOLUME 4: Direct Examination of Johnny David""; ""VOLUME 5: Direct Examination of Johnny David""; ""VOLUME 6: Cross-Examination of Johnny David""; ""VOLUME 7: Cross-Examination of Johnny David""; ""VOLUME 8: Cross-Examination of Johnny David""; ""Redirect Examination of Johnny David""
Cross-Examination of Johnny DavidNotes -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- S -- T -- W -- X -- Y -- References -- Credits and Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y
Summary "In 1985 and 1986, ninety-year-old Witsuwit'en Chief Maxlaxlex - or Johnny David as he is better known - was the first Witsuwit'en to give commission evidence in the Delgamuukw land claims case, in which the Witsuwit'en and Gitxsan of Northern British Columbia were battling for title to their traditional territories."
"'Hang Onto These Words' presents the actual transcripts of the questions and answers between lawyers working on both sides and this knowledgeable and outspoken Native elder, who spoke in his own language and whose words were then translated by an interpreter into English. The evidence was given in a makeshift courtroom set up in David's own home. Anthropologist Antonia Mills was present during these proceedings, and, in this book, she introduces and contextualizes the evidence in the Delgamuukw case."
"In the commission evidence, Daivd provides a rich description of the Witsuwit'en way of life as well as the injustices his people suffered at the hands of Indian agents and settlers. In providing access to Johnny David's eloquent testimony, this book offers unique insight into one of the most historically significant examples of Aboriginal peoples' ongoing struggle for self-determination."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-465) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject David, Johnny -- Trials, litigation, etc
David, Johnny
Wet'suwet'en Indians -- History
Wet'suwet'en Indians -- Claims
Wet'suwet'en Indians -- Land tenure
Trial transcripts -- British Columbia
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies.
Trial transcripts
Wet'suwet'en Indians
Wet'suwet'en Indians -- Land tenure
British Columbia
Genre/Form Electronic books
decisions (judicial records)
Court decisions and opinions
Claims
History
Trials, litigation, etc.
Court decisions and opinions.
Recueils de jurisprudence et d'opinions.
Form Electronic book
Author Mills, Antonia Curtze
LC no. 2006276308
ISBN 9781442675599
1442675594
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9781282023345
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6612023341
1442655488
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